Seattle's Battery Street Tunnel now closed for good

The Battery Street Tunnel closed Friday night at 10 p.m. The tunnel's closure marks one of the last dominoes to fall before the opening of the State Route 99 tunnel.

Author:
KING Staff

Published:
11:45 AM PST January 31, 2019

Updated:
10:41 PM PST February 1, 2019

Editor's note: The above video was published in March 2018 when the Seattle City Council voted to permanently close and fill the Battery Street Tunnel.

The Battery Street Tunnel closed forever on Friday, February 1. The tunnel had connected the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Highway 99 through Belltown and under Battery Street.

The northbound lanes of the tunnel have been shut down since the viaduct closed on January 11. The southbound lanes closed at 10 p.m. Friday.

Despite community proposals to save the tunnel, which included transforming it into a park, farm, or transit option, the city will fill in the tunnel with rubble from the demolished viaduct and seal it.